With the nation debating models and metrics for the federal government’s rating of America’s more than 4,000 colleges and universities, there’s one crucial area that no one talks…
I’ve been asked several times in the past few months, why I started the Wide World Ed initiative. I started it because I have deeply held personal values…
Shriro Australia’s Sydney showroom was abuzz with Harvey Norman proprietors and floor staff in late July when the company held a special event to launch the new range,…
Kurt Squire has enrolled in about a dozen Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), the University of Wisconsin news service reports. “The experience was fun — to essentially be…
Any person. Any study. And now – any corner of the globe. Beginning next semester, the university will offer its first four massive open online courses – commonly…
Parents and grandparents can learn more about the state-sponsored college savings plan through a new program launched Tuesday by State Treasurer Don Stenberg, the Journal Star reports. The…
The American writer H. L. Mencken once said that there is always a well-known solution to every human problem: neat, plausible, and wrong. MOOCs look neat, are plausible…
Distance education is nothing new, but these days it is hard to escape hyperventilation about its latest incarnation: MOOCs, or "massive open online courses," The Economist reports. Universities…
Today's high school juniors and seniors still get phone calls and piles of brochures in the mail from colleges and universities across the country, but social media and…
Teachers and college faculty members who want to motivate students may sometimes struggle to find the right words, Purdue University reports. And even when the right words are…
Bloomberg Businessweek has an interesting look at DYI genetics company 23andMe’s moves to keep ahead of the competition out to help you get to know yourself really, really…
